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JOHN BREASTED: The Great Barrington Selectboard’s credibility gap

Transparency does not require officials to reveal legal strategy. It does require them to tell voters when the town has been sued.

A rebuttal to Peter Most’s Sept. 20 Viewpoints column

I think Mr Most's candidate, Ms. Davis, would be a good representative for our district. I think Ms. Mitts would be a better one. That is based on things that have actually happened, rather than on pure speculation.

STEPHEN COHEN: Donald Trump has taken advantage of our aversion to the truth

It seems Americans have an aversion to the truth, as demonstrated by science and academia.

I WITNESS: The know-nothing candidate

Do Americans really want to elect a presidential candidate who is this unaware, this obtuse, and this… stupid?

PETER MOST: Is Marybeth Mitts fit for the 3rd Berkshire District?

When Ms. Mitts found out she could not run in the Democratic primary due to missing the statutory deadline, she adopted a Plan B and is now running as “unenrolled.” Rather than own up to that fact—being very kind here—Ms. Mitts spun her “unenrolled” election for The Berkshire Eagle.

Independent candidate Nadia Milleron of Sheffield is looking better and better for Massachusetts’s 1st Congressional District

If our Congressman is so preoccupied with “saving our environment,” he should start with the mess that he helped create.

Who is New England’s best chef?

David Standridge wins the 2024 James Beard Foundation Award for Best Chef.

SHEELA CLARY: Texts with (political) friends

Natalie Jane, this is Barack Obama.

Hang a flag

What has become of us if the flag belongs only to one radical fraction of our country?

Save Notch Forest

I find it shameful that experts, not tied to logging companies, have not been consulted. North Adams deserves more than to be considered an "experiment." We should respect ourselves enough to remember that.

I WITNESS: The debate is over. Way over.

The split screen of the debate was priceless: Trump spewing nonsense, a perpetual scowl on his face, and Harris gazing at him in wonder and amusement as he set a match to his candidacy.

Harris offers optimism about America’s future

Harris' pro democracy stance contrasts dramatically with Project 2025, the de facto policy platform of Donald Trump and his Republican Party.

Eight weeks to change the world

A former prosecutor and attorney general, Kamala has the experience, backbone, and character to be president, to stand up for working families and to stand up to bullies, liars, cheats, and fraudsters at home and abroad.

PETER MOST: Primary thoughts

In Ms. Davis and Mr. White, you had two candidates asking for your votes based on their demonstrated dedication to worthy issues, their established record of performance, and promises to work hard for the Berkshire Third.

Friends of the Notch Reservoir and Bellows Pipe Trail propose preservation of 1088-acre North Adams-owned forest

The forest is already owned by the city of North Adams. Protection could easily be more financially lucrative than logging, with far less risk or expense for the city.

CONNECTIONS: My 40-year relationship with Tanglewood

I was there for Lennie’s birthday and that phenomenal cake. Bernie cut it from the rung of a 10-foot ladder and handed me a piece.

I WITNESS: Canaries in the coal mine (Part One)

I am a realist and a humanist who has spent a lifetime trying to understand the lessons of history, and who is watching the planet that I live on, and love, succumb to the first self-inflicted mass-extinction episode of all time.